moving forward
I'm not sure I would have been happy with either outcome of this years election. I've heard lots of comments like: " it's the lesser of two evils....we've had corrupt presidents in the past and lived through it...abortion shouldn't even be on the ballot... " and on and on the remarks for one side or the other go. All the while each person trying to feel better about this situation. All the while putting others down for not choosing their same side. These past couple months I feel as if kind, intellectual conversation is on the demise and that corruption, money, and power seem to be at the forefront of everything. And in the midst of all this awful talk, compassion is hard to find. Wednesday, everything I was reading or hearing from friends put my heart through the ringer. I didn't get much accomplished besides dinner made and cleaned up. I wasn't just sad for the outcome, but for how people AFTER the outcome were treating each other. ...